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How do you say "twenty" in Russian?
двадцать
dvadcatʹ
In Russian, "twenty" is двадцать .
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Pronunciation
Say 'dvat-SAT' with stress on the second syllable. The 'dva' is 'two' in Russian, and 'tsat' is the tens-marker ending.
Writing and usage
Двадцать has eight letters and is masculine. It combines два (two) + дцать (tens marker). The soft sign (ь) marks softness at the end.
Example sentence
Двадцать это две декады.
Twenty is two decades.
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How to remember двадцать
Двадцать literally means 'two tens'. The 'dva' prefix is clearly 'two'. It's the first of the round tens in Russian.
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- ninety-four девяносто четыре devyanosto chetyre
- ninety-six девяносто шесть devyanosto shest'
- safe безопасный bezopasnyj
- sixty-five шестьдесят пять shest'desyat' pyat'
- sixty-seven шестьдесят семь shest'desyat' sem'
- twenty-two двадцать два dvadtsat' dva
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Questions about двадцать
How do you say "twenty" in Russian?
In Russian, "twenty" is двадцать . It is a noun.
How is двадцать written in Russian?
Двадцать has eight letters and is masculine. It combines два (two) + дцать (tens marker). The soft sign (ь) marks softness at the end.
How is двадцать used in a sentence?
Use двадцать as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Двадцать это две декады. (Twenty is two decades.).
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